In the first book, Magyk, Marcia tells Jenna on her 10th birthday that she is a princess and that she has been discovered. Silas and his wife, Sarah Heap, adopted and raised the princess. Silas' seventh son, Septimus, was born on the same day as Jenna, but he supposedly died. To protect the young princess, in case the assassin was to return, Marcia gave her to Silas Heap, an Ordinary Wizard. Marcia Overstrand, the apprentice of the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, took the baby Jenna to safety, after watching the murders of the ExtraOrdinary Wizard and the queen. In the story How she came to be a Heap Īfter Jenna was born, her mother, Queen Cerys, was assassinated. Although very loving and caring, she can sometimes be very stubborn, as is observed by her older brothers. Her appearance resembles that of all the queens before her, and she resembles her birth mother closely. Her dark hair is kept in place by a thin golden circlet, which denotes that she is the princess. She is small for her age and wears a red tunic which is secured about the waist with a golden sash.

Jenna is a young princess, with deep violet eyes and a fair complexion. Although she acknowledges they are not her birth family Jenna loves her adoptive familym including her seven brothers, her grandfather Benji, her parents, and her Aunt Zelda. Jenna has many friends in the book, and many enemies, too. She is the adoptive sister of Septimus and the adoptive daughter of Silas and Sarah Heap. Jenna Heap is a leading character in the Septimus Heap book series by Angie Sage. Jenna Heap, as illustrated by artist Mark Zug